Historical Events In 1917

Oct 10   On this day in history ilona Ference, actress (Quatermass II, Star of My Night)   

Oct 11   On this day in history franz Alphons Wolpert, composer   

Oct 11   Harry Trott, cricketer (Aust capt played 24 Tests 1888-1898), dies on this day in history.   

Oct 12   Hans Bentz van den Berg, Dutch actor (Last Train) on this day in history.   

Oct 12   The First Battle of Passchendaele, now Passendale in the year 1917.   

Oct 13   Burr Tillstrom, Chic Ill, puppeteer (Kukla, Fran & Ollie) on this day in history.   

Oct 13   On this day in history florence La Badie, American actress   

Oct 13   Soviet accept establishment of Petrograd Military on this day in history.   

Oct 15   Arthur Schlesinger Jr, Ohio, historian (1946 Pulitzer-Age of Jackson) on this day in history.   

Oct 15   Chicago White Sox beat NY Giants, 4 games to 2 in 14th World Series in the year 1917.   

Oct 15   On this day in history mata Hari Dutch dancer/German spy executed by firing squad in Paris   

Oct 15   In the year 1917 mata Hari, Dutch dancer/German spy, executed by firing squad in Paris   

Oct 15   On this day in history uSS Cassin (DD-43) torpedoed by German submarine U-61 off coast of Ireland. In trying to save the ship, Gunner's Mate Osmond Kelly Ingram becomes first American sailor killed in World War I and later is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism. He becomes the first enlisted man to have a ship named for him, in 1919.   

Oct 17   1st British bombing of Germany on this day in history.   

Oct 17   First train over the Quebec Bridge over the St. Lawrence. This was constructed by the Dominion Government for use by the National Transcontinental Railway. This bridge was notorious in that it fell down twice during construction On August 29, 1907 the south cantilever arm collapsed killing 65 or more workmen in the year 1917.   

Oct 17   On this day in history first train over the Quebec Bridge over the St. Lawrence. This was constructed by the Dominion Government for use by the National Transcontinental Railway. This bridge was notorious in that it fell down twice during construction: On August 29, 1907 the south cantilever arm collapsed killing 65 or more workmen.   

Oct 17   In the year 1917 maria J "Marie" Bakker, actress/wife of Maarten Stranger, dies at 59   

Oct 17   On this day in history marsha Hunt, Chicago Ill, actress (Jennifer-Peck's Bad Girl, Jigsaw)   

Oct 19   In the year 1917 love Field in Dallas, Texas is opened.   

Oct 20   In the year 1917 efrain Jonckheer, premier Dutch Antilles   

Oct 21   In the year 1917 1st Americans to see action on front lines of WW I   

Oct 21   Dizzy Gillespie, [John B], jazz trumpeter, a creator of modern jazz in the year 1917.   

Oct 21   On this day in history first Americans to see action on the front lines of WW I   

Oct 22   In the year 1917 joan Fontaine, Tokyo Japan, actress (Gunga Din, Ivanhoe, Rebecca)   

Oct 22   The birth of Joan Fontaine, American actress on this day in history.   

Oct 23   1st Infantry division "Big Red One" shoots 1st US shot in WW I on this day in history.   

Oct 23   Robert Bray, Kalispell Mont, actor (Corey-Lassie, Stagecoach West) in the year 1917.   

Oct 23   In the year 1917 the Canadian Railway War Board holds its first meeting in the Canadian Pacific Boardroom in Windsor Station, Montreal. The name was changed to the Railway Association of Canada in 1919. The RAC represents the interests of all railways operating in Canada.   

Oct 24   Battle at Caporetto: German & Austria smash Italian army on this day in history.   

Oct 24   Marshall Goldberg, NFL halfback (Chicago Cardinals) in the year 1917.   

Oct 25   In Russia, Bolsheviks led by Vladimir Lenin seizes power in the year 1917.   

Oct 25   Lee MacPhail, American baseball manager and league executive in the year 1917.   

Oct 26   Capt. Christopher P.J. O'Kelly (52nd Cdn. Infantry BAtt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium on this day in history.   

Oct 26   Felix the Cat, cartoon character on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (d. 1981)   

Jan 01   Albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Vera Zorina, German dancer (d. 2003) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of vernon Walters, NYC, US permanent rep to the UN   

Jan 03   Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004) was born in the year 1917.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of maurice Wohl, English broker/multi-millionaire   

Jan 05   Reginald Smith Brindle, composer was born in the year 1917.   

Jan 05   Wieland Wagner, German opera director was born in the year 1917.   

Jan 02   Edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

Jan 06   Hendrik P G Quack, lawyer/economist (Bank of Neth), dies at 82 in the year 1917.   

Jan 10   Buffalo Bill Cody died in the year 1917.   

Jan 16   In the year 1917 death of george Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837)   

Jan 17   Hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

Jan 25   On this day in history edwin Tyler, cricketer (slow-lefty played once for England 1896), dies   

Jan 29   Evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75 in the year 1917.   

Feb 05   In the year 1917 paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41